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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT01241149
Date of registration: 15/11/2010
Primary sponsor: United States Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth
Public title: Prospective Evaluation of Symptom Resolution in Acid Versus Non-acid Reflux Disease Following Anti-reflux Surgery
Scientific title: Prospective Evaluation of Symptom Resolution in Acid Versus Non-acid Reflux Disease Following Anti-reflux Surgery.
Date of first enrolment: November 2010
Target sample size: 32
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01241149
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Ellie Mentler, MD
Address: 
Telephone: 757-953-2454
Email: ellie.mentler@med.navy.mil
Affiliation: 
Name:   Ellie Mentler, MD
Address: 
Telephone: 757-953-2454
Email: ellie.mentler@med.navy.mil
Affiliation: 
Name:   Ellie Mentler, MD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  United States Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients who are offered anti-reflux surgical treatment with elevated DeMeester
scores or with low (less than 14.7) DeMeester scores, but with positive impedance
scores (positive symptom index associated with reflux episodes).

Exclusion Criteria:

- • Previous major upper gastrointestinal surgery (includes esophagus, stomach, and
duodenum) - previous cholecystectomy (gallbladder removal) is not considered a major
upper GI surgery

- Presence of paraesophageal hernia (type II - type IV)

- Presence of large hiatal hernia >5cm

- Presence of peptic strictures

- History of severe esophageal motility disorders such as:

- achalasia

- diffuse esophageal spasms

- scleroderma

- poorly-controlled diabetes mellitus

- autonomic or peripheral neuropathy

- myopathy

- Pregnancy (As a standard operating procedure, women of child-bearing age will
undergo a urine pregnancy test the morning of surgery because anti-reflux
surgery is considered an elective case, where pregnancy is a relative
contraindication.)

- BMI greater than 40

- Undergoes Collis gastroplasty during surgery

- Conversion to an open procedure

- Age less than 18 years old



Age minimum: 17 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Non-acid Reflux Disease
Intervention(s)
Procedure: anti-reflux surgery
Primary Outcome(s)
Effectiveness of anti-reflux surgery [Time Frame: 1 year]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
CIP# 10.0090
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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